At 9 months old, Emilie Meza was diagnosed with acute myeloid leukemia and her family was told that her best hope for a cure would be a marrow transplant. She is now 1 year old, and has not found a match on Be The Match Registry®. After searching for a marrow match, her doctors and family made the tough decision for her to receive a haploidentical marrow transplant from her father, Eduardo Meza. A haploidentical transplant comes with extra precautions, as this means he was a half-match to Emilie, not a full match. While recent outcomes of haploidentical transplant are promising, many marrow transplant doctors prefer a fully matched adult marrow donor over a haploidentical marrow donor. But this was the best option available for Emilie.

Emilie’s family continues to encourage others to join the registry and support Be The Match® so that other families don’t need to make the tough decisions they have regarding alternative treatment options. Emilie received her marrow transplant from her father, and is now continuing to recover with her family and doctors by her side. You can get frequent updates on her recovery from their facebook page, Emily Meza’s Bone Marrow Transplant Journey.

Please consider signing up for a monthly financial gift to help patients like Emilie find a fully matched donor on Be The Match Registry. Your financial support helps add more potential marrow donors to the registry, fund advancements in marrow transplant science and provide relief to patients and families facing financial barriers to treatment.

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For people with life-threatening blood cancers like leukemia and lymphoma or other diseases, a cure exists. Be The Match connects patients with their donor match for a life-saving marrow or umbilical cord blood transplant.